RE: Your opinion on the following statement:
January 13, 2015 at 7:49 pm
(This post was last modified: January 13, 2015 at 7:51 pm by ManMachine.)
(January 13, 2015 at 7:26 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(January 13, 2015 at 2:17 pm)ManMachine Wrote: It wasn't my intention to get others to join in, and it's only a temporary change for me to show my support, but I really appreciate you joining me in a show of solidarity in the face of terrorism.I probably would have done it anyway. I'm pretty pumped when I see people responding to religious violence with images of Muhammad or with fists holding pens.
Je suis Charlie!
I normally find the French annoying and pretentious (indeed, they pride themselves on it) but today, I find them poignant and veracious.
MM
Sorry p_s, I'll stop derailing the thread now.
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
